Letters.

National Catholic Reporter | March 12, 1999 | Copyright

Confusion on in vitro

* I am a relatively new Catholic (Easter, 1997) and also a relatively new mother. Our son was born in February 1994, through the grace of God and as a result of in vitro fertilization. Neither my husband nor I was a Catholic during our infertility treatment, but because of our son the views of the church on infertility treatment are of particular interest to me.

The Feb. 12 issue of NCR featured two letters about Bishop Joseph Fiorenza and the Texas octuplets. The letter from Mark Gotvald made two points that seem to be common points of confusion for ...

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